Adaptec® HBA 1200 Installation and User's Guide © 2021 Microchip Technology Inc. User Guide DS-00004086B-page 1 and its subsidiaries Table of Contents 1. Regulatory Compliance Statements........................................................................................................4 2. About This Guide.................................................................................................................................... 7 2.1. What You Need to Know Before You Begin................................................................................. 7 2.2. Terminology Used in this Guide....................................................................................................7 2.3. How to Find More Information......................................................................................................7 3. Kit Contents and System Requirements................................................................................................. 8 3.1. Kit Contents..................................................................................................................................8 3.2. System Requirements..................................................................................................................8 4. About Your HBA 1200 Series Host Bust Adapter....................................................................................9 4.1. Standard Features........................................................................................................................9 4.2. Mechanical Information................................................................................................................ 9 4.3. Visual Indicators......................................................................................................................... 10 4.4. About the HBA Ultra 1200-32i Adapter...................................................................................... 10 4.5. About the HBA Ultra 1200-16i and HBA 1200-16i Adapters...................................................... 13 4.6. HBA 1200-8i...............................................................................................................................15 4.7. About the HBA Ultra 1200-16e Adapter..................................................................................... 17 5. Installing the Controller and Disk Drives............................................................................................... 19 5.1. Before You Begin........................................................................................................................19 5.2. Selecting Disk Drives and Cables.............................................................................................. 19 5.3. Installing the Host Bus Adapter..................................................................................................19 6. Installing the Driver and an Operating System......................................................................................22 6.1. Download the Driver Package....................................................................................................22 6.2. Installing with Windows.............................................................................................................. 22 6.3. Installing with Red Hat Linux .....................................................................................................22 6.4. Installing with SuSE Linux Enterprise Server.............................................................................23 6.5. Installing with Oracle Linux.........................................................................................................23 6.6. Installing with Ubuntu Linux........................................................................................................24 6.7. Installing with Debian Linux........................................................................................................24 6.8. Installing with FreeBSD..............................................................................................................24 6.9. Installing with Solaris..................................................................................................................26 6.10. Installing with Citrix XenServer...................................................................................................28 6.11. Installing with VMware................................................................................................................28 7. Installing the Driver on an Existing Operating System.......................................................................... 30 7.1. Download the Driver Package....................................................................................................30 7.2. Installing on Windows.................................................................................................................30 7.3. Installing on Red Hat..................................................................................................................30 7.4. Installing on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server............................................................................... 31 7.5. Installing on Oracle Linux...........................................................................................................31 7.6. Installing on Ubuntu Linux..........................................................................................................31 7.7. Installing on Debian Linux.......................................................................................................... 31 7.8. Installing on FreeBSD................................................................................................................ 32 © 2021 Microchip Technology Inc. User Guide DS-00004086B-page 2 and its subsidiaries 7.9. Installing on Solaris.................................................................................................................... 32 7.10. Installing on Citrix XenServer.....................................................................................................33 7.11. Installing on VMware..................................................................................................................34 8. Solving Problems ................................................................................................................................. 35 8.1. Troubleshooting Checklist.......................................................................................................... 35 8.2. Resetting the Adapter ................................................................................................................35 9. Using the Microchip SAS/SATA HII Configuration Utility.......................................................................36 9.1. Running the Microchip SAS/SATA Configuration Utility: UEFI/HII..............................................36 9.2. Modifying HBA 1200 Controller Settings....................................................................................36 9.3. Out of Band Messaging Settings................................................................................................36 9.4. Device Information..................................................................................................................... 37 9.5. Identifying a Disk Drive...............................................................................................................37 9.6. Updating Drive Firmware............................................................................................................37 9.7. Clearing Configuration Meta-data.............................................................................................. 38 9.8. Setting the Bootable Device(s) for Legacy Boot Mode...............................................................38 9.9. Updating the HBA 1200 Firmware..............................................................................................38 9.10. Creating a Support Archive........................................................................................................ 39 10. Installing the SmartPQI Drivers from Source ....................................................................................... 40 10.1. Installation Instructions for Supported Linux OSes.................................................................... 40 10.2. Using the Installation DVD as the Repository............................................................................ 41 11. Safety Information................................................................................................................................. 43 11.1. Electrostatic Discharge (ESD)....................................................................................................43 12. Technical Specifications........................................................................................................................ 44 12.1. Environmental Specifications..................................................................................................... 44 13. Revision History.................................................................................................................................... 45 The Microchip Website.................................................................................................................................46 Product Change Notification Service............................................................................................................46